Remove the side jamb and shim it out. Of course this means lengthening the base on the wall in the other room.

Before you do anything, make sure the filler between the wall and cabinet is wider than the casing, or you won't get your drawers open.

Can you make it an all drywall opening, no casing?

Why were the cabinets and counters installed before the trim???

yep. that's a pickle.

love the counter top - what is it?

Joseph, thank you. I don't know what the jamb is or what shim it out means - the terminology is new for me.

Maybe it would help to show you the door opening. It opens into the Dining Room. To the left in the kitchen is the double oven - no play room.

palimpset - I'll have to look at some photos of drywall openings

live-wire - good question. It was an oops.

desertsteph - thank you - I really like the counter top too - it is Taj Mahal quartzite.

You can see the edge of my uncased opening on the left side of this pic and the front view of an uncased opening on the right side.

Just noticed you have a door, uncased won't work with a door. Were you planning on keeping the door?

I would notch out where the counter is and run the door casing piece the length of the door.

How wide is the door trim and what style? Does the backsplash material piece run into it? And fit together alright?

Love the counters. I'd remove the door, make opening slightly smaller to fit a small trim and add a transom like you have in the other room opening in the back.

perky_2:

The exposed finished wood perimeter around a door is the jamb. You have a "head" (top) jamb and (2) side jambs. In your first picture, that piece of trim between the back of the side jamb and the front of the rough framing is functioning as a "shim".

The most important thing is to determine whether or not the drawers will open when the casing is installed. This dictates what else can and/or should be done.

If the casing tapers toward the door jamb, perhaps it could be installed full width above the top, scribed around the top, then ripped at a narrower area (if it tapers toward the jamb) and still allow the drawers to clear.

The trim in the background seems to be narrow (2 1/4") and I can detect the old paint line (looks to line up exactly with the arris of the CT molding). So why not scribe it around the CT edge? There is a thin spacer @ the wall/cabinet corner so clearance it taken care of.
Were you going with a wider/thicker trim?
Casey

Wow - thank you ALL! Your helping to lower my stress level here.

The house is 21 years old and the trim was all 3". With the remodel we planned to upgrade the trim (whole other story) that is involved in the current remodel and gradually update the other spaces with 4" and varied trim. So yes, the trim in the background is narrow 3" trim.

Texas trim - thank you for the picture - I agree it is a cool idea if it weren't a door.

Casey, thank you. I am good with going with 3" for this door.

Jancy, it is a swing door and we use it often. Taking it out is not an option for us and making it more narrow wouldn't work either. And thank you - I am liking the CT too.

Snookums I think you and Joseph are suggesting the same approach. The backsplash would run into it and fit nicely.

Joseph - thank you for the remedial course in jamb/shim - very easy to understand and much appreciated. The drawers will open with the casing on. The space from the cabinet to the drawer is a little over two inches and the thickest part of the trim is a smidgen over 1 inch.

Here is the front view:

So, with your suggestion, I could actually go with the wider trim and rip it down to wrap around the CT and go to floor underneath.

Sounds like you are good to go!

Yes - I think I am - and I appreciate everyone's help! I'll post the finished results!

Jancy, my favorite part of the CT is the beverage center. We saw the horse in the slab and had them cut it to the size of that CT - it looks like the quarter horse we used to have.

Update

The carpenters did the cased opening today - notched it as suggest and it worked! Not caulked and painted the panel to the right not really installed yet - just tucked in for now but it will work just fine!

Many thanks to ALL of you for your assistance.

Yay! It looks great!

oh it looks great! wonderful job.

love the horse in the CT too. I think that CT would look good with my bisque appls.

desertsteph - thank you. I do think the counter top would look great with bisque. It looks really good with the stainless range top too - next to the stainless the grey pops. I got lights in the kitchen today and I can't get over how much I love the CT. I just keep saying - OMG, I can't believe that is mine (and I thought I was going to really miss my work horse white Formica!)

Thanks Texas_Gem.

One step closer!!! I m sooo ready to be done!

Beautiful Perky - Casing looks great. Glad it all worked out. I just love that horse!

That looks great! Please post a long shot so we can see the whole thing.

Thanks Jancy

Here you go snookums2 - here is my mess - the whole thing door open and door closed

Looks great :) Thanks for the shots.

Your carpenter did the right thing, and a great job of it at that. Looks great!

Excellent carpentry.